black06tc

Ok. Essentially here's the story. In '05 I bought my tC at 17 and have just broken the 10K mile mark. Around 15K miles into it the car had wheels, tint, exhaust, stereo already done. The car has evolved twice. One of the final mods I did at around 20K miles in its initial stages was the drop. The car has been on the same set of S-Tech's for 80K miles. I had the car riding on stock shocks till about 60K miles. The ride was firm but it was still smooth it wasn't jarring or anything. But as of late having changed out the stock shocks for Tokico Blues, it's just gotten too rough for me to enjoy and I'm wondering where the compromise is or if my problem is just simply that the car has been on the same set of lowering springs for 80K miles and they just need to be changed. I need to figure out what to do to get my smooth ride back. I live in North Atlanta and the roads around here aren't bad at all but even some of the smallest pot holes seem to just rattle the ever loving ____ out of the car.

Should I just order a fresh set of stock shocks and S-Tech's and throw them in or is there an entirely different route I should go? Help me Scionlife....you're my only hope.

FlintMica2005

iTrader: (1)

the tokicos makes them "rough" i just replace stock shocks. hell even gently used ones will do, i bought gently used (400 miles) for 40$ and changed them out

black06tc

could the bushings a contributing factor to this at all? or are we simply saying that the only problem is i just dont have shocks to support the ride comfort im looking for?

FlintMica2005

iTrader: (1)

nah not the bushings at all. tokicos are known to make the ride stiffer.

black06tc

any recomendations on shocks? want to get the ride quality as close to oem as I can without having to sacrifice height and I don't want to have to replace the shocks again in a year either.

FlintMica2005

iTrader: (1)

i think the only other shocks that ride as close to stock and as smooth would be TRD. but im not quite sure to be honest